|
|
|
| |
|
CommentsSurgery Minus ComplicationsPosted by Dr. Gifford Jones on May 15, 2011 at 01:40 AM
Placebo therapy: Sham surgery Would you jump at the chance of back surgery that has zero risk of post-operative complications, is free of pain and provides relief of all your symptoms? Or would you choose a back operation that provides none of these guarantees? The first choice may sound like being sold swamp land in Florida. But a recent study shows this is not science fiction. Dr. Rachelle Buchbinder is a researcher at Monash University in Malvern, Australia. She recently reported in The New England Journal of Medicine about an operation called vertebroplasty. During this surgery medical “cement” was injected into a fractured spinal bone to provide extra strength to it. The surgeons hoped that this approach would relieve back pain because compression fractures of the spine occur frequently in the elderly. More...Post a Comment on: Surgery Minus ComplicationsCommenting is not available in this channel entry. Next entries comments: Obama vs. Israel Previous entries comments: Time to dump the U.N. Note from the Editor: This section is for comments from readers of canadafreepress.com. Please don't assume that Canada Free Press agrees with or endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose his or her posting privilege. |
|
